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Maher: GOP is the 'Party of the Apes'
Politico ^ | June 19, 2012 | By William Bergstrom

Posted on 06/19/2012 9:34:31 PM PDT by Schatze

Bill Maher on Monday called the GOP the “Party of the Apes” and ripped Republicans for not repudiating Rep. Allen West — who, the comedian suggested, should be taken to a mental hospital.

“[T]he idea that the blame for our government’s dysfunction is equally shared by the parties just is a giant, steaming mound of horsesh*t and anyone who has paid attention to politics over the last 20 years knows it. Or as I like to call it, ‘The Rise of the Party of the Apes,’” the host of HBO’s “Real Time” wrote on his blog.

Maher singled out two politicians as extremists: West and Richard Mourdock, the Republican nominee for Senate who defeated longtime Sen. Dick Lugar in a primary last month.

“[T]ake Allen West. Seriously, take him to the padded cell and give him 20 CCs of the high test,” Maher wrote, noting West’s remark that some 80 House Democrats are Communists. “And not one Republican said, ‘Allen, come on. You’re making us look dumb.’ Not one of the Republican candidates for president said anything. Because in today’s Republican Party, that’s not even edgy anymore. They probably saw him later on and were like, ‘Word, Allen. Word.’ Because that’s how they think black people talk.”

As for the Tea Party–backed Mourdock, who said last month, “I certainly think bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view,” Maher equated it with a relationship in which only one partner receives oral sex.


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The reptilian Maher makes my skin crawl.
1 posted on 06/19/2012 9:34:43 PM PDT by Schatze
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To: Schatze

Hey, that’s racist!


2 posted on 06/19/2012 9:37:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Schatze

RACIST!


3 posted on 06/19/2012 9:37:45 PM PDT by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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To: Schatze
Just so I'm clear on this, Maher compared a Black Congressman to an Ape?
4 posted on 06/19/2012 9:37:52 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The only good Zombie is a dead Zombie, oh wait...)
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To: Schatze

Allen’s statement was probably correct, but technically those 80 are socialists. They belong to the Democrat Socialists of America. Maybe some belong to the Communist Party USA but West was probably basing his comments on the DSA memberships.


5 posted on 06/19/2012 9:39:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Schatze

A man who has turned “ugly” into a career.


6 posted on 06/19/2012 9:39:45 PM PDT by doc1019 (Voting for the better of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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“[T]ake Allen West. Seriously, take him to the padded cell and give him 20 CCs of the high test,” Maher wrote, noting West’s remark that some 80 House Democrats are Communists.

81 if Charles Barron wins.


7 posted on 06/19/2012 9:41:43 PM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: doc1019
Maher is not a comedien.
8 posted on 06/19/2012 9:44:08 PM PDT by tommix2 (,)
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To: Schatze

In a (rather cynical) way, I am heartened to learn of Bill Maher’s most recent outburst. Those who have attempted to portray him as an equal-opportunity curmudgeon, just as happy to slam Democrats as he is to bash Republicans, may find this one especially hard to explain...


9 posted on 06/19/2012 9:44:26 PM PDT by AmericanExceptionalist (Democrats believe in discussing the full spectrum of ideas, all the way from far left to center-left)
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To: Schatze

Syphilis or heavy drug use? In either case, the organic brain impairment that’s been obvious for a long time is now advancing rapidly.


10 posted on 06/19/2012 9:52:18 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
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To: Schatze

Is that the best you’ve got Maher?


11 posted on 06/19/2012 9:53:03 PM PDT by dixjea
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To: Secret Agent Man

The Republican Party is Socialist. The Democrat Party is Communist.


12 posted on 06/19/2012 9:53:29 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: tommix2

And many would agree.


13 posted on 06/19/2012 9:53:36 PM PDT by doc1019 (Voting for the better of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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To: Schatze

Interesting you put it that way. I said in an earlier post on this subject that he (and those like him) makes the Dems seem like the party of the snakes by contrast . . .


14 posted on 06/19/2012 9:54:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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"Bill Maher on Monday called the GOP the `Party of the Apes`"

Species envy.
15 posted on 06/19/2012 9:54:17 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Schatze

GRAAAAAAH I’M A KNUCKLE DRAGGIN CONSERVATIVE APE GRAAAAAH


16 posted on 06/19/2012 9:56:22 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

speciesist too


17 posted on 06/19/2012 9:57:13 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
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To: Schatze

Anybody remember, when his show was in its infancy, Maher claiming he was apolitical?


18 posted on 06/19/2012 9:57:50 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Schatze

Let him rant. This is liberalism on display folks, once you strip away the forced veneer of “caring for their fellow man”. Just an OWS guy who happened to get a TV gig by calling himself a “comedian”.


19 posted on 06/19/2012 9:58:47 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Schatze
Sometimes, my FRiends, the portrait of a person's character is painted in his own words.

Said Mister Maher, shortly following the 911 attacks...

We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from two thousand miles away. That's cowardly.

[ Then,about the terrorist fungi that attacked us]

...Staying in the airplane when it hits the building. Say what you want about it. Not cowardly.

Mister Maher will never, ever live down this scurrilous vilification of his own country and our military; or his admiration and praise for the enemy.

Never.

Ever.

.

20 posted on 06/19/2012 9:59:13 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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